20 April 2011

Friday night sees the much anticipated return of the Beat the Heat Off Street Series at Hidden Valley Drag Strip. Completely revamped in late 2010 this will be the first time the new drag strip and timing system will be used in anger and there are sure to be plenty of records set on the new surface.

20 April 2011

The third round of the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series Australian Pro Stock Championship Aeroflow by Rocket industries event (April 8th and 9th) once again has seen the Tremaniac Racing team do well with Aaron taking the event win and extending his 2010/2011 championship points lead.

19 April 2011

It’s with great pleasure that the Pro Stock Owners Association (PSOA) report that the 2011 Nitro Champs held at Sydney Dragway over the weekend April 29 – May 1 will be the largest ever Pro Stock field in ANDRA Pro Series history. As the entry list stands there are currently 25 entries for the event. The largest of the Group One fields for the event.

17 April 2011

Fresh from securing the Top Comp championship in his home-state of West Australia, Rob Pilkington is about to head cross-country to Willowbank Raceway for the Castrol EDGE Winternationals.

Pilkington will race his Chev Monte Carlo Funny Car dragster across Friday June 10 to Monday June 13 in the Top Alcohol bracket, one of the six ANDRA Pro Series categories that will be enjoying the season finale event - the largest drag racing event outside of the US - at Willowbank Raceway.

20 April 2011

Australia's Terry Sainty had what was probably his most challenging outing yet of his Top Fuel racing career last weekend.  The skilled driver for Santo Rapisarda's team participated in NHRA's totally unique 4-Wide Nationals held at Bruton Smith's fabulous ZMax Dragway in Concord North Carolina -- considered by most to be the "Bellagio" for the sport of drag racing.

18 April 2011

Even though the Jason Hedges Racing (JHR) team may not have walked away with the win Saturday night (April 9th), the team did manage to maintain their third place in the points. The main goal that has been set by the JHR team is to finish within the top three in the championship for the 2010/2011 season.

18 April 2011

Wanneroo stonemason, Allen Puglia etched his name even deeper into Australian Motorsport history last weekend by claiming his third Perth Motorplex Track Championship, and his third "Driver of the Year" title in the process.

17 April 2011

It was a fight to the end, but Rob Pilkington emerged as the 2010/11 Top Comp champion for Western Australia following the season’s Grand Final on Saturday. Pilkington went into the final event as the points leader in his Force Equipment/Alutech Funny Car, with Jeffrey Clarke and Daniel Gregorini doing the chasing.

18 April 2011

Many of the ANDRA website survey respondents called for more stories on sportsman racers on the website, this week starts with TWO yes TWO feature stories on sportsman racers from Perth.

 15 April 2011

Only eight weeks remain before the largest drag racing event outside of the US comes to Willowbank. The Castrol EDGE Winternationals set to kick off on June 10 – 13 at Ipswich's Willowbank Raceway.

13 April 2011

For Scott Porter and the Porters Can Do Pro Stock team, the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series Pro Stock Season may not have been as eventful as they had liked. This has been due to business commitments that have kept them away from the racetrack. However, nonetheless, the performances that they have turned in have been impressive considering the amount of time that they have spent away from the racetrack.

13 April 2011

Responses on the ANDRA website survey have been fantastic to date, resulting in some suggestions being implemented.

12 April 2011

Whilst Rain was once again a pain at Sydney Dragway for the recent ANDRA Pro Series Round at Sydney Dragway featuring Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock, the show this Sunday on ONE HD is still too good to miss!

12 April 2011

NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Top Fuel rookie, Terry Sainty and Rapisarda Racing are hoping it will be third time lucky when they compete at this weekend’s Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, Concord (Charlotte), North Carolina.

17 April 2011

Sounds like something the NHRA could use? Well, a funny thing happened on the way to Pomona.

Story by Susan Wade (Compeition Plus)